20 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    13 April 2026

  • Closing date

    2 February 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    13 January 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:00am – 3:30pm Tuesday or Thursday 8:00am - 5:00pm with the other day being 8:00am - 4:00pm (includes 30 mins unpaid break each day)

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Actual salary: £22,877- £25,174 Based on: £25,989- £28,598

Pay scale

F6-12

What skills and experience we're looking for

Essential
-Excellent literacy and numeracy skills (minimum of grade 4/C at GCSE or equivalent) in both English Language and Maths

-A commitment to safeguarding and the welfare of students
-Experience of working in an educational organisation or similar professional setting
-Good working knowledge of basic IT skills
-An understanding of alternative school provision and agencies that work with young people that exhibit challenging behaviour
-Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage/motivate young people

Desirable
-Additional SEND Teaching Qualifications
- Primary or Secondary Post 16 Qualifications
-Behaviour management training

What the school offers its staff

- Family-friendly policies
- Attractive salary and pension
-
Generous annual leave entitlement/term timeonly working options
- Free one-to-one wellbeing support with aqualified psychotherapist and coach
- Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
- Free/discounted access to the school’s onsiteGym (conditions apply)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Techscheme – save money on the latest techfrom Apple and Currys PC World
- Blue Light Card - Discount scheme
- Staff social events
- Onsite catering (8.00am - 1.30pm daily

Statutory and other benefits
-The full range of statutory benefits including sick pay, maternity, parental, and adoption leave
-Enhanced Paternity Leave Policy
-We will honour your continuity of service in other state-funded schools in relation to sick pay and pension rights
-Provision of all necessary IT equipment

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1862 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01242235555

Bournside is the largest comprehensive 11-18 school in Gloucestershire. We are an established single academy trust with a good reputation (Ofsted ‘Good’ rating 2022), wide catchment, and a strong presence in the community. Our school is consistently oversubscribed with a PAN of 300, and most of our students choose to stay with us for their
post-16 study.

Bournside is a mixed, non-denominational academy school for students aged 11 to 18. It is located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It settled in its current location of Warden Hill in the early part of the 1970s and converted to academy status in 2011.

Arranging a visit to Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bournside.com.

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